This original published pin-up painting by Gil Elvgren appeared as a 1968 Brown & Bigelow calendar with the title “Swingin’ Sweetie”. A classic offering from the very tail end of the pin-up craze when the summer of love swept in a new style that wreaked havoc on earlier presentations of pin-up girl femininity. While some artists tried to respond to the changes in culture by making their paintings increasingly explicit, or creating gimmicky visions of futuristic space girls, Elvgren continued presenting classic visions of girl next door sensuality. This double entendre-laden cheesecake scene shows a rockabilly-styled, full-skirted model exposing her stockings and garters to wild effect as she plays in a rubber tire tree swing. The painting is in a pristine state of conservation and comes from the estate of noted pioneering pin-up historian, collector and author Charles Martignette who in 1996 co-wrote The Great American Pin-Up, the first comprehensive look at American pin-up art.